The sun., 1887-11-17

Fischer, George Enrel and Albsrt. r.
Parsons, In conformity with the sentence Of the
criminal court OF said county Of Cook, in pur-
suance of the order and Judgment OF the su-
preme court Of Illinois, for the Northern grand
division. and entered of record on the l4th day
OF september, 1887, and In accOl dance with the
statutes OF the State of Illinois In such cases
made and provided. CANUTE r. MATsoN.
We, the undersigned, who not relatives OF
the above named August Spies or others. hereby
certf that we have witnessed the execution, by
hang1ng&pf the said August Spies, and others,
and in - above certificate set FORTH
The signatures of twelve Chicago citizens
are appended to the solemn declaration
above, and with them form the essential
public record of the death of the haymarket
murderers
A TALK WITH THE SHERIFF.
Sheriff Matson sat in his private Office this
evening very pale, and the dark rings be-
meath the eyes showed that he was worn out
with thinking, worry, excitement and hard
work. He leaned back in his easy chair and
rested his feet in another seat in front of
him as he surveyed lithograph of thirty
seven Sioux Indians being executed at one
time, which occurred In Minnesota in 1862
-Four at once is enough" he remarked as he
laid down the picture.
-YJu look tired" remarked the reporter.
We'll. l do not deceive nv looks then, he re-
piled, Il have slept but little this week. and not
at all last night
Are you satisfied with the result of the duty
imposed upon your!
Yes. think the execution passed off as we'll
as an unpleasant thing like that could. 1t Is
always sad job for an official to perform. but
with healthy moral public sentiment behind
him the officer feels strong in doing his duty.
/ had no tears that there would be trouble.
The police aided me greatly. the arrangements
of Chief Ebersold and Capt Setback this morn
Ing being admirable, and too much credit can
not be given them and their efficient force. 1
did all I could to have the thing carried out
decently and in order and think that we
ceeded fairly well. There was not crowd in
the Jail and very few curiosity seekers. The
jury was of business men, and outside Of these
and few first class physicians. who were
present for scientific purposes, there were only
the representatives Of the press"
DO you take any significant meaning from
the last words of the doomed men2"
mo, do not, replied the sheriff.
He sat still minute thinking of the bro
ken sentences OF Parsons as the drop fell,
and then said:
With the stained public sentiment did not
deem it expedient to have the men make long
speechea at that time or course it Is customary,
and 1t is believed that man talk much
he pleases on the scaffold, but there is no law
authorizing it. and deemed it best not To al
low it. Il seemed to me that it would only lead
to excitement There mad been no understand
ing that they would be allowed to talk from the
scaffold, but ON the contrary as we were going
to the gallows was told by Dr. Bolton they did
not want to. as they had written great deal to
be printed.
DO you apprehend that there will be any
trouble at the funerals?"
No do Iot: think the better judgment of
the friends of the unfortunate men will prevail,
and that nothing will be done to cause repeti-
tion of to-days work"
Why was the execution delayed from 10 to
II oclock?"
Merely to give the men all the chance to es-
cape their doom that there was. 1t was my in
tention yesterday to have the work over
promptly at 10 o'clock, but when 1 heard that
Capt. Black was at Springfield pleading with the
governor I decided to hold off aud give them
The benefit Of their counsel's work. I
do 2ot care to have it said that we
rushed them to eternity when there
was chance of their being saved And so
waited. We were ready at 10, but snort time
before that telegram came that Cap. Black
was interceding with the governor. At 1O:l5 a
second dispatch came that Capt. Black had left
the executives presence, and that the latter had
declared it his lrrevocable intention not to in
terfere further with the verdict of the courts. I
might have hanged them then, but waited until
the usual time here for carrying out the execu-
tion."
The sheriff does not seem te fear that he
will be PROSECUTED Tor murder by Attorneys
Black and Solamon, as per notice yesterday,
but expressed himself that it was a verv
foolish notion. He believes Mrs Parsons
should be watched and prevented from tray
cling around as the "wldow of a martyr" to
carry out the work of organizing the anarch-
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